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BROOKLANDS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE

27/11/11

The last car photography course at Brooklands this year and another fine selection of cars for the attendees to photograph, also nice to have the sunshine out for the day along with some crisp blue skies and cloud cover as well... ...more

BROOKLANDS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE OCTOBER 30th

30/10/11

Today was the penultimate car photography course for this year, and with a real mix of classic and modern day super cars it gave a great variety to choose from for the seven photographers present. Their were also a few familiar cars which had attended previous training days, including the stunning Gordon Keeble, MGA and Peugeot RCZ. The star of the day was the late 80's Italian super car, the stunning race bred Ferrari F40... ...more

MOTOR SPORT DAY PHOTOGRAPHY AT BROOKLANDS SURREY

06/10/11

A glorious autumnal day and off to Brooklands museum for their very first motor sport day, a a celebration of classic and modern competition cars throughout the years, the highlight being Nelson Piquets 1991 Benetton F1 car... ...more

RANGE ROVER EVOQUE PHOTOGRAPHY AT BROOKLANDS

01/10/11

After the official UK launch of the Range Rover Evoque three weeks ago it was now time to drive it for myself, was this concept car worth the wait after all of the hype surrounding it with Victoria Beckham being one of the brand ambassadors for the new baby Range Rover? Off to Brooklands for a photo shoot and drive to find out... ...more

MOTORLINE CAR DEALERSHIP PHOTOGRAPHY KENT AND SUSSEX

29/09/11

Motorline who have over twenty car dealerships across Kent and Sussex have just expanded in Sussex and Kent with five new dealerships. The photography today was to cover interior and exterior images which will be used for the groups website and also for a set of canvases for the showrooms to accompany a range that I photographed last year... ...more

BROAD OAK BMW CAR SHOWROOM PHOTOGRAPHY

19/09/11

BMW car dealership Broad Oak BMW recently had a refurbishment at its Canterbury showrooms, with all of the interior work complete I had been asked to take some photographs of the showroom in its completed state. With the sun facing the showroom directly and with a deep blue sky behind the building it was also the ideal time to capture some exterior photos as well... ...more

RANGE ROVER EVOQUE LAUNCH PHOTOGRAPHY

08/09/11

The Range Rover Evoque has been one of the most talked about new cars of the year, a four wheel drive that handles like a hatch back and has the interior of a luxury car, it is smaller then a Freelander and comes in coupe and five door guises, and amazingly looks like the initial prototype designs seen a few years back. Barrett's of Canterbury were holding their official launch this evening in the Canterbury showroom, and with seven models on display it was going to be a good chance for everybody to get a good look of this landmark model for Land Rover... ...more

BROOKLANDS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE NOVEMBER 27TH

08/09/11

The last car photography course will take place on Sunday 27th November at Brooklands museum in Weybridge, Surrey. This is a great opportunity to take a variety of old and new sports cars at the famous museum, you will have access to take photographs on the historic banking which forms part of the old racetrack, Concorde which is among an airfield of aviation history as well as in front of the atmospheric garages... ...more

REIMS FRANCE DAY 7

30/08/11

The final leg of our trip, breakfast in Chalon Sur Saone and a visit to the Cathedral where we had breakfast before a 360 mile stint back to the UK, the town is very reminiscent of Canterbury and with it sitting alongside the river a very peaceful and picturesque location. The town also boasts the first cameras in the world used in 1816 by Niépce, inventor of photography and a native of Chalon-sur-Saone, shame that the musee Nicephore Niepce is closed on Tuesdays... ...more

MONT VENTOUX DAY 6

29/08/11

We left Monte Carlo at 10am after saying our goodbyes to some old and new friends, our destination today was Mont Ventoux which hosts a stage of the Tour De France, it was also described by Evo's Richard Meaden as one of his most favourite driving roads in the world. After hours on the road Mont Ventoux appeared in the distance, the roads lined with cyclists taking on what must be one of the most gruelling stages of the tour... ...more

THE FULL MONTE DAY 5 MONACO

28/08/11

Day five and the final 24 hours in Monte Carlo, after some amazing roads, cars, scenery and company it was time for everybody to relax and soak in the atmosphere of one of the most iconic places in the world. For me this one of the most memorable days of the week, fast cars, fine dining and an evening at the Hotel Hermitage was a great end to an amazing road trip... ...more

THE FULL MONTE DAY 4 LAKE COME & MONTE CARLO

27/08/11

Waking up at the Badrutt’s Palace in St Moritz on Friday morning to a heavy downpour of rain wasn’t quite what we expected in this chic resort, it did give us time to look at a few options on our route down to Monaco though, and with Lake Como not too far off our route we decided to take the coastal approach to the picturesque town... ...more

THE FULL MONTE DAY 3 St MORITZ, SWITZERLAND

26/08/11

With a potential seven hour drive ahead of us everybody left the lodge in Friedrichsruhe around 10.30am, their were a few options on the route down to St Moritz and we decided to go for something completely different, a diversion to the BMW museum in Munich... ...more

THE FULL MONTE DAY 2

25/08/11

Day two and a more relaxed drive ahead, with a variety of route options it was a chance for us to track along side a few cars to get some motion photographs, the red F430 looked great with the sun gleaming against it and after we had ran side by side among the Mercedes, Maserti's and Ferrari's we headed to Heidleberg where we met up for lunch with a small group... ...more

THE FULL MONTE DAY 1

24/08/11

After an early drive down to Eastwell Manor with my friend Alex we met up with a selection of exotica super cars for the first day of the Full Monte 2011, I covered the event last year and had been booked by the organisers to cover this years event, tough life! This year would see us take in the Nurburgring in Germany, along with five star hotels in Friedrichsure, St Moritz Switzerland and last years final venue, the Monte Carlo Bay beach hotel... ...more

CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE AT BROOKLANDS MUSEUM

13/08/11

The sixth car photography course this year at Brooklands museum in Surrey looked to be the same old story weather wise, rain and flat grey skies! Fortunately just as we started off the course at 10.30 the sun appeared and we had one of the first sunny days of the year, some great detail in the clouds and rich blue skies which made for some great photography for everybody on the course... ...more

CAR PHOTOGRAPHY ART WORK BROAD OAK BMW

05/08/11

At the beginning of May I was commissioned by Broad Oak BMW to create some car photographic art work images of the current BMW range, these were to be printed on to large format canvases and displayed in their newly refurbished showroom in Broad Oak Road, Canterbury... ...more

RM AUCTIONS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY TRAINING DAY 2

05/07/11

After a successful training course yesterday in London for RM auctions today was very much a repeat with Max and Alex auctioneers and car specialists for the group. Max had a bit more experience behind the camera and we used his Mercedes ML as the model this time, not quite the same as the Mustang we used yesterday but still a very photogenic vehicle all the same, and in silver it provided some challenges in the shade and bright sunshine... ...more

RM AUCTIONS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY TRAINING

04/07/11

The first of Two days car photography training in Kensington for RM auctions staff,they are the worlds largest auction house for automobiles, from restoration to private treaty sales, auctions, estate planning and financial services. Due to the volume of cars that come in to this country as well as Europe the photography costs have been quite expensive, hence the need to have some bespoke training for the staff so that they can cover the photography when they first see the vehicles ...more

RENAULT SPORT BREAKFAST MEETING AT BROOKLANDS SURREY

03/07/11

Off to Brooklands this morning with Motorline Renault for a Renault Sport meet at the historic racing circuit and museum. Motorline had contacted it's RS owners for a breakfast meet to celebrate it's status as an official Renault Sport dealer. We set off from the Canterbury dealership in convoy, just after 8am and the roads were clear with blue skies and sunshine forecast for the day... ...more

THE FIVE BELLS INN PHOTOGRAPHY KENT

26/06/11

On a very warm Sunday lunch time it was off to the Five Bells Inn, situated just outside of Ashford in East Brabourne, to cover their monthly classic and racing car meet. With a variety of Jaguars, MG's, Maserati's and Bentley's in the line up it was a typical English summer afternoon and the pubs idyllic country setting made for a great backdrop... ...more

BROOKLANDS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE JUNE

12/06/11

Today was a slightly different concept to the popular car photography courses that I have been running at Brooklands museum in Weybridge, Surrey as we were basing the photography on the annual Bentley drivers day. The weather couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the photographers or drivers, and with a mix of tasks for the drivers to complete including a sprint up test hill and a jousting competition with human size bunnies it was a real mix of events to photograph... ...more ...more

BMW CAR PHOTOGRAPHY ARTWORK

04/06/11

Following on from the BMW car photography shoot of the new 1M I now had to finish the series of abstract art work for the soon to be opened showroom at Broad Oak BMW in Ashford. As the Canterbury showroom is being refurbished Ashford was the ideal location to cover the car photography at, with a good range of cars available inside and on the forecourt it was an opportunity to cover a wide range of images... ...more

BROAD OAK BMW SPONSOR DAN RITCHIE ENGLAND ROWER

31/05/11

Just after lunch time and over to Broad Oak BMW in Ashford where the dealership is sponsoring Kent rower Dan Ritchie who has just been named in the men's eights for this years World Cup event in Slovenia. Dan has been loaned a BMW Z4 roadster and is a hopeful for the LOndon Olympics team as well. He was fresh back from Munich where his team had won silver... ...more

SUPER CAR PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOT KENT

30/05/11

Can't think of many better ways of spending a Bank Holiday then being commissioned to take photographs of some ones super car collection, the star of the show being an ultra rare Porsche Carrera GT. The GT boasts 612 bhp, 0-50 of 3.9 seconds and new cost a whopping £400,000, plus it has a top speed of 207 mph... ...more

CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE AT BROOKLANDS MUSEUM, SURREY

22/05/11

After covering planes and boats during the last couple of days it was the turn of cars for Mays car photography workshop at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. Today was themed more towards super cars with the highlight being the Lamborghini 670 SV, although the Aston Martin Vantage, Porsche 993, BMW M3, Maserati Spider and Mercedes SL500 made great additions for the seven photographers present on todays course... ...more

BMW 1M CAR PHOTOGRAPHY

13/05/11

I have just been commissioned to produce a range of car photography canvases for Canterbury dealership Broad Oak BMW, the car photographs are to cover the range of BMW cars and are more on an abstract theme, their is plenty of scope with car photography to cover this and a great opportunity to promote the Carzpix branding through this venture. After I had met with Broad Oak it seemed an ideal opportunity to take some photographs of their new demo, the 1M which is the smallest in the M range of sports cars on offer... ...more

AUTO ITALIA AT BROOKLANDS

30/04/11

Auto Italia is one of the biggest events held at Brooklands and as the official photographer for the museum it was my job to document the day. With over 1000 Italian cars attending the event from Fiat 500's to Ferrari Enzo's it was going to be a diverse and fun day to capture the Italian cars in all their glory. The day was broken down in to displays, a sixty car display going around the test track at Mercedes World and a finale of cars going up test hill at Brooklands... ...more

BARRETT'S LAND ROVER ASHFORD PHOTOGRAPHY

21/04/11

As well as covering the used car photography for Barrett's of Canterbury I also cover the commercial side as well, the Land Rover showroom in Ashford has just recently been refurbished and had some new exterior signage and the dealer had asked me to cover some external photographs for the website and also future marketing purposes... ...more

CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE AT BROOKLANDS, SURREY

16/04/11

For the first time this year during the car photography courses at Brooklands the weather remained dry, with some bright and challenging sunshine in the morning through to the cloud cover and darkening skies late afternoon it gave all of the attendees a great variety of images of the eight vehicles present, ranging from a VW Beetle through to a Maserati GT Spider and an extremely rare 1965 Gordon Keeble GK1... ...more

BROOKLANDS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES AUGUST & SEPTEMBER

13/04/11

The car photography workshops have taken off really well and with May and Junes courses now sold out I have just agreed another two dates with the venue, these will take place on Saturday 13th August and Sunday 11th September, please do contact me if you would like to book a place on one of these exclusive workshops taking place at this historic motor racing venue... ...more

RENAULT SPORT DEALER CANTERBURY

09/04/11

Motorline Renault in Canterbury is now an accredited Renault Sport dealer and I had been asked to cover some photographs of the dealership to go on the groups website. The brief was to cover photographs of the workshop with an RS model, exterior photographs with two RS models at the front of the showroom and also a photo of the sales and after sales expert with a Renault Sport model... ...more

TRACKDAY PHOTOGRAPHY SPA BELGIUM

27/03/11

As Spring approaches it's time for our annual track day, a group of us get together and go over to Europe for a weekend of cars and of course photography. Last year we went to the legendary Le Man track in France, this year the venue was Spa in Belgium, one of the best drivers tracks in Europe. We set off on Friday morning and met up at the channel tunnel terminal in Folkestone, five cars in total, the fifth one wasn't difficult to see in the car park as it had a group of French school children gathered around it, Robin's Lamborghini Murcielago 670SV... ...more

MORGAN CAR PHOTOGRAPHY ADVERTISEMENT

21/03/11

A few weeks ago I covered a car photography commission for Brands Hatch Morgan, the photographs were to be used for web and promotional use. I have just received the finished advert which is going to be used in a glossy London magazine aimed at the corporate market... ...more

LAND ROVER PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOT

16/03/11

After covering the photography course on Sunday and taking photographs of the £238,000 Rolls Royce Ghost it was on to a slightly cheaper car today, a mere £102,000, the car in question a new Land Rover Autobiography which Barrett's Land Rover had sold to a customer. I only had a 45 minute window to take the photos and used a plot of Land just around the corner from the dealership... ...more

BROOKLANDS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE

13/03/11

Their were quite a few similarities with todays car photography course at Brooklands Museum, a great range of cars, a group of budding photographers and the typical british weather, a torrent of rain as I arrived at the venue greeted me, and the soft tones of a jazz band through the audio system. Almost made it feel like an early morning Spring day, just needed the haze of the sun filtering through. As everybody arrived the plan was to work through the rain and hope that it would ease up... ...more

LEXUS CT200H NEW CAR LAUNCH

08/03/11

Tonight was a lavish affair at Motorline Lexus in Canterbury, with local band Hullabaloo, artist Graham Clarke and champagne and the introduction of the new Lexus CT200 hybrid hatchback, probably one of the most talked about cars due to the current climate and soaring fuel prices will make this car a more viable proposition then before. Plus a first for a hybrid (excluding the sporty Honda CRZ) great looks and the refinement of a luxury saloon in a 5 door hatch... ...more

MORRIS AUSTIN CAR PHOTOGRAPHY AT BROOKLANDS

06/03/11

A glorious Sunday morning full of blue skies and sunshine appeared as I drove up to Brooklands again, this time to cover the Morris Austin day at the historic museum and race circuit in Surrey... ...more

BROOKLANDS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE JUNE 12th

06/03/11

A new date has just been announced for the Car photography workshops that I am covering at the historic circuit and museum. The date is on Sunday June 12th and places are limited, we will be covering the day based around the Bentley drivers day which will be taking place during the day as well as setting up a series of static set ups of other marques of cars as well... ...more

BROOKLANDS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE

27/02/11

The first car photography course of the year took place at Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey today. The weather was looking good as well, sunshine clouds, blue skies and some strong shadows, ideal for the photographers who were attending the course as the different lighting conditions would create some good opportunities as well as problems in taking their photographs... ...more

MERCEDES WORLD & CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR MAGAZINE

22/02/11

It was my fathers birthday today so seemed appropriate to go to Mercedes World for lunch and take a look around the showroom and museum. Dad had also won a competition with Classic and Sports Car magazine, the prize was a bespoke hand made ERA racing car from the 1940's made by model maker Peter Posner... ...more

BROOKLANDS BREAKFAST CAR MEETING

20/02/11

Sunday morning and the second Brooklands museums breakfast meeting of the year. These are going to be a monthly recurrence and are a great opportunity for car enthusiasts to meet up on a Sunday, although the weather was a little damp from the previous days rain their was a good turn out for the meeting... ...more

MORGAN SPORTS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY

18/02/11

Today had been booked off to do some car photography with Nick Simmonds who had been one of my students at Christ Church University, his also a car nut as well so the chance to use a portable Pro lighting kit with some Bowens studio lights was a great way of spending the day off. The added bonus was that I had a call from Brands Hatch Morgan asking if I had any availablity in the next few days to cover some photography of their new Sport demonstrator... ...more

CAR PHOTOGRAPHY AT BROOKLANDS, SURREY

03/02/11

Off to Brooklands museum today to cover a Toyota MR2 car photography shoot for a client plus two meetings as well. I arrived at the venue at 10.30am and met John and his son Jay by the banking of the old racetrack. john has spent quite a bit of money on his MR2 which has been modified to a really high standard... ...more

RENAULT USED CAR PHOTOGRAPHY KENT

02/02/11

After covering Barretts of Canterbury's used car photography I had been contacted by the Motorline group who I already covered commercial work for to look at taking the photography for their Renault franchises in Kent... ...more

BARRETTS OF CANTERBURY CAR PHOTOGRAPHY KENT

07/01/11

been doing so for almost a year now, the car photography is a series of nine photographs of each car, all set positions so that when a customer looks through a range of different vehicles the exterior and interior photos are the same on each model of car that they are looking at... ...more

BROOKLANDS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE

04/01/11

If you have a passion for cars and photography then the third car photography workshop that I am holding exclusively at the historic Brooklands car museum and circuit could be ideal. The next date will take place on Sunday March 13th 2011... ...more

BROOKLANDS NEW YEARS DAY

01/01/11

Well a great way to start the New Year, taking car photographs for Brooklands museum in Weybridge, Surrey. This is an annual event that takes part on New Years Day and is an invitation to anyone that loves motoring, whether they turn up in a 1920's Bentley, Morgan three wheeler or a bright yellow Lamborghini Gallardo... ...more

MERCEDES WORLD BROOKLANDS SURREY PHOTOGRAPHY

16/12/10

After a successful car photography training course at Brooklands motor museum it was time to meet up with the venue to book further dates for next year. The next date is on Sunday 27th February, places are limited so please contact me soon to book your place. Gift vouchers are available as well if you are looking for last minute Christmas presents... ...more

MORGAN CAR PHOTOGRAPHY KENT

14/12/10

It has been a while since I had been up to Brands Hatch Morgan and with a Morgan Aero Super Sports on site it seemed an ideal opportunity to make a trip and to catch up with everybody... ...more

NISSAN GTR PHOTOGRAPHS

23/11/10

Motorline Nissan in Tunbridge Wells had an exclusive preview of the new Nissan GTR which had been loaned to them for the evening by Nissan. Motor line had invited along their current GTR owners to take a look and find out more about the changes to the highly acclaimed budget super car... ...more

CAR PHOTOGRAPHY TRAINING BROOKLANDS

01/11/10

The second car photography at Brooklands car museum in Weybridge, Surrey will take place on Sunday 27th February, a host of cars will be available from vintage to modern... ...more

RENAULT MEGANE RS CAR PHOTOGRAPHY

31/10/10

After owning the Civic Type R for just over eight months it was going to take something special to replace it with, step forward the acclaimed Renault Megane RS... ...more

BROOKLANDS MUSEUM CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSES

17/10/10

Today was to be the first of many car photography courses that I will be running exclusively with Brooklands Historic car museum in Weybridge, Surrey. The car photography courses will offer a unique range of cars at each event and we have access to the whole of the museum as well as the famous stretch of banking that was home to the classic racing circuit... ...more

CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE BROOKLANDS

07/10/10

I am pleased to announce that I will be running a second photography course at the historic Brooklands Classic Car Museum on Sunday 17th October, places are limited so please contact me for any more information... ...more

CLASSIC CAR SHOW MAIDSTONE KENT

26/09/10

Today was the third year of the Classic car show "Cars on the Green" which takes palce in the picturesque village of Bearsted, just outside of Maidstone in Kent... ...more

CAR PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE KENT

16/09/10

I will be running a second car photography course at Brands Hatch Morgan on Sunday 17th October... ...more

L'EXCELLENCE DE REIMS CAR SHOW

13/09/10

This is now the fifth year that the classis car show has taken place at Reims historic race circuit. The circuit has been a great place over the years for some great car photography, including my recent trip earlier this year to get some portfolio shots of my newly acquired Type R... ...more

MOTORLINE RENAULT

08/09/10

After covering a series of photography for the new Motorline Renault showroom in Canterbury I just had an external night time image to cover... ...more

THE TRIP HOME

05/09/10

After an amazing five course meal on the terrace at Hotel De Paris Shaun and Alex who are behind the Full Monte hosted a charity auction which raised just over £15,500 for The Full Monte Charitable Trust, a great way to end a memorable week... ...more

THE FULL MONTE - DAY FIVE

04/09/10

I can't believe how quickly this week has gone, with over 1000 miles covered and taking in France, Switzerland, Italy and Monte Carlo it has been an amazing week and the most amazing assignment I have received to date... ...more

THE FULL MONTE - DAY THREE

03/09/10

Day three has come around already and after catching some of the cars leaving Beau Rivage Palace in Switzerland it was time to set off with MIles, John, Cliff and Rob in a Merc SL55 and a BMW Z8... ...more

THE FULL MONTE - DAY FOUR

02/09/10

Italy has to be one of my favourite countries and with the weather already in its early twenties at 8am the day was set up to be a good one for our final run down to Monaco... ...more

THE FULL MONTE - DAY TWO

01/09/10

I woke up just before 7am and much to Rob's annoyance woke him up as well. The morning sun was slowly filtering through and created a lovely warm glow to the chateaux, the plan today was to make up for some lost ground and to capture some car portraits as well as some action shoes of the cars on the road... ...more

THE FULL MONTE 2010 - DAY 1

31/08/10

Well after taking some photographs as the Full Monte left Canterbury last year and seeing them leave to drive down to Monte Carlo I am now covering the event as the official photographer, five days which include Paris, Geneva, Lake Maggiore and Monte Carlo... ...more

CAR PHOTOGRAPHY TRAINING

31/08/10

After the feature on my car photography in Digital Photographer magazine I have just put together a car photography workshop which will take place in Kent on Sunday 17th October 2010... ...more

HONDA CIVIC TYPE R FOR SALE!

29/08/10

After eight great months with the Civic Type R I am now moving on and looking to sell the hot hatch, the blog seemed an ideal place to advertise it along with the Piston heads and Auto Trader adverts... ...more

TOURING CARS SILVERSTONE

22/08/10

After entering a Honda UK Type R competition last week to be a VIP guest during the Touring Cars championship at Silverstone it was always going to be a full on days of photography for me... ...more

RENAULT SHOWROOM OPEN DAY

07/08/10

Motorline Renault have just moved to a stunning new showroom in Canterbury and were celebrating their first opening week today... ...more

NISSAN GTR CAR PHOTOGRAPHY

20/07/10

After covering the Ferrari super car event on Sunday Today I covered a Japanese opponent to the likes of the modern F430's, it not only gives the Italians a run for it's money on price but also performance as well... ...more

FOSKER'S FERRARI CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE & GARDEN PARTY

18/07/10

Sunday morning and off to Ightham Warren to cover the car photography for Fosker’s Ferrari's Concours d”Elegance and Garden Party event... ...more

MASERATI GRAN TOURISMO SPYDER

29/06/10

The new Maserati Gran Tourismo Spyder has just come out and with only around thirty having been delivered across the UK at the moment it is a rare sight, so the opportunity through one of my clients to take some photographs of his Spyder was an opportunity not to be missed... ...more

HONDA CRZ

04/06/10

After covering the used car photography for Barrett's of Canterbury this morning I had a look around and a drive of the new Honda CRZ, a coupe hybrid which was an update of the classic 80's CRX, which funnily enough was one of the first cars I wanted, along with the Lamborghini Countach that is.. ...more

CAR SHOWROOM PHOTOGRAPHY KENT & SUSSEX

21/05/10

After covering the car and showroom photography in Kent and Sussex for Motorline Group in December last year they had decided that they would like some showroom images on canvases, with the weather forecast today of blue skies and temperatures up to 25 degrees it was ideal weather... ...more

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE ISSUE 96

20/05/10

Issue 96 of Digital Photographer magazine is now out and features the readers skill article where I ran a car photography tutorial for DP reader Tom Saunders... ...more

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE VIDEO

16/05/10

Digital Photography magazine have just published the video of my car photography training session with one of their readers Tom Saunders on their website, to see the video click here... ...more

BHP PERFORMANCE SHOW 2010

03/05/10

Bank Holiday Monday saw the 2010 BHP performance show take place at the Lydden Motor sport circuit in Kent... ...more

USED CAR DEALER PHOTOGRAPHY KENT

26/04/10

After a weekend off (!!) it was back in to my regular Monday slot covering the used car photography for Barretts of Canterbury... ...more

DAIMLER CLASSIC CAR PHOTOGRAPHY

22/04/10

It was last December on a cold and frosty morning when I last took some classic car photographs for Philip Hill and his Triumph, so a bright and sunny Spring morning at Chilston Park Hotel in Lenham was a much more pleasant time to take some new pictures of his recently purchased 1968 Daimler... ...more

ASHES TO ASHES SHOOT

14/04/10

After making some arrangements a few months back I managed to do a shoot with American model Ally Montana, the theme for the shoot was along the lines of TV series Ashes to Ashes, Ken kindly provided his 1970's Daimler coupe and I enlisted the services again of Carla Richards from Chic Rouge make up... ...more

LE MANS TRACK DAY

11/04/10

Its always nice to get away for a few days and I can't think of any better way then driving down to a historic racing circuit with some friends for a track day, the circuit was Le Mans and we set off in my Civic Type R, a BMW M3 and an M3 CSL... ...more

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE FEATURE

08/04/10

Today was the magazine feature on car photography, Tom Saunders is a reader of Digital Photographer magazine and a car enthusiast and was put forward to take part in a shoot and critique with me... ...more

JAGUAR XJ LAUNCH BARRETTS KENT

22/03/10

After a full on week of car photography Sunday and Monday were taken up with the launch of the new Jaguar XJ saloon a great way to end the week... ...more

MORGAN SPORTS CARS

18/03/10

Located amidst Kent's beautiful North Downs, the Bredgar and Wormshill light railway was an ideal setting to take some photographs for Brands Hatch Morgans new Morgan Sport demonstrator... ...more

LAMBORGHINI

17/03/10

This week has been a week of full on car photography, Mini yesterday, Morgan tomorrow and Lamborghini in Sevenoaks today... ...more

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE

17/03/10

Had some great news today as Digital Photography magazine contacted me with regards to appearing in their magazine as part of their "Improve my DSLR skills" monthly feature... ...more

MINI ELECTIONS!

15/03/10

After covering the used car photography at Barretts Land Rover and Jaguar in Ashford I then went over the road to Broad Oak Mini to cover some election photos of the sales staff... ...more

SUMO POWER OPEN DAY

06/03/10

Saturday morning and a trip down to Rye for Japanese car specialists Sumo Power... ...more

HONDA CIVIC TYPE R

03/03/10

It has been two years since I last went down to the historic race circuit town of Reims in France, so a new car and a glorious sunny day made a great location shoot for some more car photography... ...more

USED CAR PHOTOGRAPHY KENT

15/02/10

After finishing at Christ Church University lecturing on their photography degree course for this term Monday's has now been filled up with the used car photography in Kent for Barrett's... ...more

CITROEN DS3

12/02/10

After covering the used car photography for Barretts in Kent I had a quick look at the new Citroen DS3, their hot hatch which is set to rival the Mini Cooper and Fiat 500... ...more

USED CAR PHOTOGRAPHY KENT

09/02/10

Today was the start of me covering the used car photography for Kent based car dealer Barrett's of Canterbury... ...more

HONDA CIVIC TYPE R

07/02/10

After driving sensible diesel cars for the last two and a half years I changed over to a Honda Type R... ...more ...more

ASTON MARTIN EXHIBITION

03/02/10

Today was the start of my exhibition at Lancaster Aston Martin in Reading which was also the official launch of the stunning new Aston Martin Rapide saloon car... ...more

LANCASTER ASTON MARTIN

21/01/10

To tie in with the launch of the new Aston Martin Rapide next month I have having an exhibition of my work at Lancaster Aston Martin in Reading... ...more

MOTORLINE GROUP DAY 4

16/12/09

The last day of photography saw me head down to an icy but sunny Ashford in Kent to cover the automotive photography for Motorline Group... ...more

TRIUMPH CLASSIC CAR PHOTOGRAPHY

15/12/09

A cold and icy winter morning and I arrived at Chilston Park Hotel with Steve Burt, director of greeting card publishers Ask 4 Art... ...more

MOTORLINE GROUP DAY 3

14/12/09

The third day for Motorline Group and off to Tunbridge Wells to cover the car photography for their Nissan and Volkswagen dealerships... ...more

WOODASH GARAGE OPEN DAY

12/12/09

Saturday was the open day at Woodash Garage based near Sandwich. The showroom was also host to a selection of my car canvases which will be on display at the garage over the next few months... ...more

MOTORLINE GROUP DAY 2

08/12/09

The second day of car photography for Motorline Group saw me cover dealerships in Sussex and Kent, first stop Horsham, Crawley, Dartford and then Maidstone... ...more

MOTORLINE GROUP

07/12/09

Monday morning and the start of photography coverage for Kent and Sussex based car dealership group Motorline. The images are to be used for their new website which will be launched in the New Year... ...more

JAGUAR RIDE & DRIVE

06/12/09

Barretts Jaguar hosted a ride and drive event for its customers at Chapel Down vineyrads and restaurant in Tenterden on Wednesday 2nd December... ...more

ASTON MARTIN EXHIBITION

27/11/09

I covered back in April an event for L'Ortolan restaurant in reading which was a super car ride and drive with lunch at the Michelin starred restaurant, Lancaster group had brought along several of their cars along to the event, namely Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati... ...more

SUBARU IMPREZA

26/11/09

A week of varied PR and publicity photography in Kent was broken up by a car commission photography for a clients Subaru Impreza... ...more

WOODASH GARAGE OPEN DAY

26/11/09

Saturday, December 12th will be the launch of a mini exhibition of my car photography displayed as large format canvases at Woodash garage in Woodnesborough near Sandwich,Kent.. ...more

MITSUBISHI LANCER REGISTER

11/11/09

Wednesday evening saw the monthly meet of the Mitsubishi Lancer Register club meet at Bluewater shopping centre, 60 + cars and a great opportunity to get some atmospheric shots... ...more

FERRARI CAR PHOTOGRAPHY KENT

07/11/09

Two Ferraris and a great location and a slightly overcast day meant a great shoot all round for David and Adrian's pride and joy... ...more

CARZPIX EXHIBITION

30/10/09

After a couple of days preparing the final images for the exhibition it was now time to load up the car with the 21 canvases ready for the fisrt exhibition under the Carzpix branding... ...more

MORGAN CARS FASHION SHOOT

23/10/09

Friday morning started bright and early with a business breakfast meeting, then set off afterwards to pick model Lydia up from Tunbridge Wells for a fashion shoot for Brands Hatch Morgan... ...more

BARRETT'S LAND ROVER

06/10/09

It looks like the british summer is well and truly over as the rain was pelting down at a severe rate of knots during my journey over to Ashford.. ...more

CARS ON THE GREEN CAR SHOW

27/09/09

Sunday saw the second annual Cars on the Green in Bearsted Kent. The show almost doubled its entrants of classic cars from last year with over 130 classic car enthusiasts at the event... ...more

1960's MINI COOPER

26/09/09

I came across Paul's 1960 Mini Cooper in Broad Oak BMW's showroom during their 50 year celebrations... ...more

GOODWOOD REVIVAL

20/09/09

Sunday morning and a bright and early start to go down to Goodwood for their annual revival at the legendary racetrack... ...more

THE BIKER

12/09/09

Today was set up nicely, portrait shoot with Anthony who had a Triumph racing bike, followed by a lunch meeting with a Super car club who do a yearly run down to Monte Carlo... ...more

CARZPIX

11/09/09

I had the proofs through today for the new business card for Carzpix... ...more

CARZPIX GREETING CARDS

26/08/09

It may look like I haven't been up to too much over the last few days but a result of meetings has lead to a variety of work over the next few months, including Spitfires, office furniture, double decker buses and some commercial work in Leicester... ...more